I hope this will make aware of what you are poisoning your body with every morning. There are many new organic coffee shops going up in Los Angeles county every month.

If you don't live in Los Angeles and don't have access to many organic products, you can always go online and have it delivered to your door. At least you will know exactly what you're drinking, where it's coming from and get it directly from the source.

10/19/2011

If you just can't stay away from your morning cup of Joe, invest in a coffee maker and go to your local health food stores such as Trader Joe's, Whole Foods or Erewhon to find some organic coffee brands.

Or even better get a french press and have the most amazing coffee of your life!

BuyWell Coffee is an excellent choice if you are looking to purchase and organic coffee brand.

The reason why it's incredibly important to purchase organic coffee is there seems to be no laws that prevents corporate CEO's from sell their products that contain harmful chemicals to consumers.

Stay away from Robusta coffee. They mass-produce their beans and are drenched with chemicals. Look for coffee beans that say 100% Arabica, they have been exposed to less pesticides and are a higher quality of bean.Purchase "Shade Certified" this means the coffee was grown in the shade and may not have been exposed to as many chemicals.

I believe companies such as Coffee Bean, Starbucks, Pete's coffee, Dunkin Donuts, 7 Eleven and other top suppliers of coffee should be able to invest in certified organic coffees. If people stop buying from the corporate chains, then change would have to be made in corporate companies to remain competitive in the marketplace.

Hey, who knows the next time you are in Starbucks ordering coffee you may be asked, "what would you like today, organic chemical free coffee or regular chemical coffee?". Now wouldn't that be nice wouldn't?

10/17/2011

Are you one of the millions of people who must have their morning coffee fix to start your day off right?

Just the aroma of coffee in the morning makes everything that much better. I don't drink coffee, but I have to agree, I do love the smell of it. I woke up to the smell of brewing coffee for 18 years of my life, along with the tea kettle whistling through-out our house. Over 50% of the population, which averages to 150 million Americans, drink coffee!

With that said, did you know that Coffee is on the top 10 list of the most heavily contaminated foods we consume? Almost all of our coffee is grown outside of the United States. As a consequence, there is little to no standards to regulate pesticides and other chemicals used to grow this beautiful smelling and tasting, energy giving bean.

The United States actually produces and exports some of these unpleasant and dangerous chemicals to these foreign countries that produce our coffee. It's way too dangerous and illegal for our growers to use these toxic chemicals on our farm lands. Guess what? When we purchase imported coffee or other processed foods, we can be subjected to all these unknown chemicals substances. Now that doesn't seen right to me. What do you think?